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ANGUS BEAST
This big boy let me pass by unchallenged. It looks like dried blood on his shoulders. Perhaps he got hung up squeezing under a barbed wire fence.
Date: 08/03/2008
Views: 191
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COCKLEBURRED CAYUSE
This corriente steer looks like he plowed up a patch of cockleburs.
Date: 10/16/2004
Views: 185
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CHAROLAIS AT THE BACK GATE
A large but gentle Charolais cow at Red Rigli's back gate.
Date: 05/28/2005
Views: 148
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CORRIENTE STEERS ON THE FENCE
These half-size Mexican steers are called corriente. They can eke out a living in very sparse rangeland. During cold weather even corrientes come in off the range looking for assistance.
Date: 01/07/2007
Views: 146
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COW IN THE CREEK
When you're hot and smelly and half covered with flies, imagine how good this must feel!
Date: 08/03/2008
Views: 184
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FRECKLED PROFILE
Cows got freckles!
Date: 05/21/2006
Views: 172
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LONGHORNS ON SPRING PASTURE
The Texas longhorn has made a comeback in the Inland West. A number of ranches in eastern Colorado now hold herds of longhorn cattle. They can be almost any color, two-toned or solid.
Date: 07/27/2004
Views: 142
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MASSIVE BULL
This impressive creature, probably Charolais, shared a small pasture with another bull and a horse.
Date: 09/21/2008
Views: 171
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SERIOUSLY UGLY COW
I've seen some pretty ugly cattle, but this animal could scare a buzzard off a manure cart!
Date: 04/01/2006
Views: 178
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ROUNDUP AFTER THE BLIZZARD
It was well below zero when Joe Rigli and I came upon these young people driving a small bunch of corrientes back to the barn.
Date: 01/07/2007
Views: 137
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GRIDLOCK MORGAN COUNTY STYLE
Denver has its traffic jams. But out here on the prairie the only gridlock we ever experience is of the bovine or ovine sort.
Date: 11/04/2007
Views: 144
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BRINGING UP A STRAY
This older cowboy certainly knew his business. He was a pleasure to watch.
Date: 11/04/2007
Views: 182
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SHE ONLY HAS EYES FOR MOOOOOOO
This big gal had a new calf by her side and was a bit nervous as I threaded my VW Beetle through the herd in Wildcat Canyon.
Date: 05/10/2009
Views: 168
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